I didn't want to be an actor

Liu Jiangjiang looked at Shen Liang: "Brother Liang? Let's end it directly?"

“…Finally, let’s add a scene of five people eating peaches together and looking at the stars!”

"…OK…"

Why eat peaches?

The only fruit that the third brother likes to eat is peaches, which always echoes his "Sun Wukong" persona.

It implies that they are together!

With the feeling of an adult fairy tale...

Again, the current audience doesn’t like to see the suffering of all living beings, everyone just wants to take a bite of something sweet!

After filming this section, Liu Jiangjiang announced with a bit of emotion that the filming was finished...

Then he hugged Shen Liang and burst into tears.

Understandably, "Life Events" is his first movie!

And the birth of this project is quite difficult - Liu Jiangjiang is not from the three major film and television schools... he graduated from Southwest University of Political Science and Law in Journalism!

Previously, he was the editor and director of Hebei Radio and Television Station's "Something in the Village"...

Generally speaking, if this kind of people want to join the circle, they need the support of noble people.

Shen Liang is his noble man!

The entire film production team was invited by Shen Liang, including photography, lighting, props, and scenery...

They are all the best in the industry...

Not to mention anything else, there was a movie called "Back to the South" at the Pingyao Venture Capital Conference at the same time as "Life Events". The script was also very good. The producer Huang Xufeng quickly completed the filming, and then...it was released last month...

The cumulative box office is less than 2 million!

1 million sold to streaming media…

Of course, the cost of "Back to the South" is not high.

"Life Events", because of Shen Liang's high regard, the cost was directly raised to 65 million, and it was directly promoted from a literary work to a large-scale theater movie!

It is understandable that Liu Jiangjiang was moved.

"Thank you Brother Liang!"

"Director, there's no need for this..."

…

In fact, director Liu Jiangjiang's level is just like that.

"Look Up and See Joy", he directed "The Rescue of the Second Treasure", which tells the story of a wild little girl who intends to travel thousands of miles to her grandmother's house to "save the second treasure" in order to bring back her younger brother who was fostered in the countryside with his friends. , the story of a family finally reaching reconciliation.

There are many familiar faces from "Life Events" in this work, and even some elements, dialects, lines, and character names all overlap randomly. The tone is simple and warm with a little humor - similar to the style of "Life Events".

At the same time, the character of the little girl is similar to that of Xiao Wen. They are both rebellious, bold, quick-talking, and leadership-oriented little girls. The little girl is played by Chen Halin, who won the Hundred Flowers Rookie Award.

But what impressed me most was the scene where two children turned against each other and started pushing and arguing. It was almost out of control.

It’s a reality that it’s too difficult to film scenes with children.

Yang En in "Life Events" did not lose control...

Mainly because Shen Liang controls the entire situation!

New directors have new stories, simple and smoky, but... new directors really need guidance...

By the way, before leaving, Shen Liang gave Liu Jiangjiang a book - "The Great Earthquake", a novel by Lu Yiping.

"The Great Earthquake" is written against the background of an earthquake, but it is a story about the redemption of human nature.

Chen Erbi, who was about to be executed, Tan Lewei, a correctional policeman, and Yang Yaodong, a habitual thief who was about to be released from prison, survived the sudden earthquake.

In order to prevent Chen Erbi from escaping, Tan Lewei handcuffed him and Yang Yaodong together, and Yang Yaodong became Chen Erbi's hostage. Chen Erbi held him hostage and escaped, while Tan Lewei tried his best to pursue him.

Then, facing ruins one after another and wailing all over the sky, Chen Erbi kept struggling and wandering on the edge of escape and rescue. Finally, the radiance of humanity in his heart rose, prompting him to keep saving people.

Very... nice story.

In fact, regarding earthquakes and human nature, the 1976 earthquake also has a prototype: more than 40 prisoners in custody received amnesty from the state for their heroic efforts to save people during the Tangshan earthquake!

"Big Earthquake" is based on the 2008 earthquake...

"This novel hasn't been published yet, so they brought it to me...I was very interested and bought the rights to adapt it. Let's see how we adapt it..."

Liu Jiangjiang nodded: "...Well, let me take a good look!"

There was a movie called "Allure" before, directed by Huang Hong, with a similar background. The police and criminals encountered an earthquake...

It's a very good story, but unfortunately, director Huang Hong is not very good at it, and the plot is far-fetched, cliche, false and superficial. As a result, the whole film is not very appealing, and it becomes a hollow movie that lacks a backbone!

Bayi Film Studio has previously produced a series of movies with very good themes, such as "Allure", "The Storm", "Super Typhoon", "11 Days of Ice and Snow"...

It's a pity that either the execution is not good, or the publicity cannot keep up.

…

The epidemic has had a particularly serious impact on the film industry!

It directly brought the theater to a standstill.

The most important thing is that the audience’s viewing habits have shifted from offline to online...

Last month, theaters reopened for business, but the movie market was deserted. "Dorit's Bizarre Adventure", a big Hollywood production starring Robert Downey Jr. and starring Dutch brother, only had a box office of over 100 million!

Of course, it’s more about the movie’s reputation itself.

But Robert Downey Jr. + Holland didn’t sell for 500 million!

It really makes the industry feel incredible...

Including "Bloodshot" starring Vin Diesel, the box office did not reach 50 million...

That's Vin Diesel!

That year's super bad movie "Xxx: The Final Return" had a box office of 1.125 billion in the mainland, and the Chinese market accounted for half of the global box office.

Two consecutive Hollywood productions failed to achieve the desired results...

So... what to do?

Policies are in place: A number of cities issue “movie coupons” to encourage watching movies;

Then... release a few rescue films!

"Rage: Serious Case" was successfully selected: released on August 14th!

Shen Liang was a little confused when he received the news...

But he was just confused for a while - he had thought that "Rage: Serious Case" would be a rescue movie, released at the same time as "The Eight Hundred"...

Looking at it now, it is ten days earlier than "Eight Hundred"!

It doesn’t matter, I’m definitely going to attend anyway…

It's better to go early than to rush to arrange a movie...

Therefore, Shen Liang asked Chen Jiadong directly: "What do I need to do? Do I want to do publicity?"

"Publicity can't run away... Because of the epidemic, many offline marketing activities have been cancelled. The publisher means to focus on online!"

Shen Liang quickly got it: "...do more live broadcasts?"

"right…"

Shen Liang nodded: "No problem!"

"Would you like to have a CP with Rouba?"

"Fire CP? Do you need it?"

Chen Jiadong explained: "After all, the audience's enthusiasm for watching movies is declining..."

It is understandable that speculating on CP is always the fastest way to attract attention...

However, "Yu Ci Xiaowu" is still in theaters, and the CPs of Little Goldfish and Yu Chuchu are making noise in the world. At this time, Shen Liang and Rouba are being hyped...

Is it appropriate?

Moreover... the reputation of "Ruba Feng Nan La Gua" is resounding in the fan circle, and hyping up her and Shen Liang's relationship does not give her a very good reputation!

After thinking about it, Shen Liang shook his head: "Forget it, let's start with the scale of the movie and the scenes between me and Donnie Yen... Rouba only has two scenes, so it's not so much a supporting role, but a supporting role..."

Chen Jiadong nodded: "...I'll discuss it with the publisher."

"Well, let's go, the crew of "Lotus House" has been waiting for more than a month!"